Chris Weigant

Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com

Pundits are now beginning to say Obama is on a comeback, which is a stunning turnaround from less than two months ago, when the president sheepishly began using the word "shellacking" for the midterm results.

Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Kirwan Institute; Race-Talk Contributor

A couple of weeks ago the US House of Representatives approved the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, better known as the DREAM A...

Karl Frisch

Syndicated columnist, Democratic strategist, and progressive radio personality

When I hear news reports that forecast snowfall, I grimace. Not because I don't love making a good old-fashioned snowman as much as the next guy. It's the absurdity from conservatives that follows, which makes me cringe.

Joseph A. Palermo

Associate professor, historian, author

Any pundit who advises Obama to "move to the center" must be required to define exactly what he or she means by "center." The political "center" of American politics is a moving target.

Tom Matlack

Venture capitalist-turned-writer; founder, The Good Men Project

At the Good Men Project Magazine, we want to believe that there are a few good men in politics. We need to believe it. So we spent the last few months looking for them.

David Wygant

Dating and relationship coach, author

If your best relationship in life is with a white powder, an alcoholic substance or any type of prescription drug, then you are living a very lonely existence.

Van Gosse

Historian and author specializing in American political development

When you hear that birthright citizenship is not part of the America conceived by the Founding Fathers, take a strong drink of skepticism.

Daphne Eviatar

Senior Counsel, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First

Al Qaeda wins even if its terrorist attacks fail, so long as it sees the U.S. reacting with alarm - allowing itself to be "terrorized."

Ray Suarez

Host, HITN's Destination Casa Blanca

It will be interesting to see whether an old idea -- that anyone born here is part of the United States by right -- will survive the bruising arguments over who belongs, who's in, and who's out.

Daphne Eviatar

Senior Counsel, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First

I'll agree with Sen. Lindsey Graham on one thing: "Americans still wait for justice." But Graham's explanation for why we haven't yet seen justice is actually backwards.

Will Bunch

Author, 'Tear Down This Myth'

A push for job creation would bring work for many people now simmering in the toxic right-wing media bubble instead. The conditions fueling the Obama backlash may lift -- if we can somehow lift the conditions holding back America as a whole.

Sean Theriault

Associate professor of government, University of Texas at Austin

Now that the first wave of information from the 14th Amendment debate has passed, it is time to examine the origins of this issue and others like it a bit more closely.

Lila Nordstrom

Founder of StuyHealth

Every family that has moved to the United States, at some point, gives birth to an anchor baby. It's no use isolating recent immigrants and their children as some vague harmful group.

Daphne Eviatar

Senior Counsel, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First

Neither new detention rules nor military commissions can truly overcome torture's legacy. That can only be done by admitting what happened, holding perpetrators accountable, and ultimately, prosecuting terror the American justice system.

Robert Brenner

Satirist, Ventriloquist, Porkatarian

Please allow me to introduce myself, as the song goes. You can call me Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub -- whatever. I've got a proposition for you. No, I d...

Jeff Danziger

Political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

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